I woke up this morning feeling LOST. Didn’t attend soundcheck and Indo meeting… I think I desperately needed the rest. So I went to JP to walk around and was tempted to buy a soft toy for myself. =/

I’ve been thinking a lot about my patients, the treatments they are going through, the medications they are taking and so forth. I wonder if they actually need those?

The number 1 complaint that I received thus far is the adverse side effects of drugs and treatments. More common ones are drowsiness, headaches, diarrhoea, fatigue, vomiting, nausea and loss of appetite.

They may seem minor to us, but imagine it being long term, and very often patients exhibit more than one of those symptoms at once. Most of them are well into age too. 

Would they be better off without the treatments?

Are the treatments doing more good or harm?

Many times in a hospital, a patient does not have a say in how they would like to be treated. They become submissive and passive recipients. After all, the doctors and nurses know what is best for them right?

I hope that as people become more educated, they would eradicate that perception. I believe that a patient still knows best what is good for their own body. There is no one method/treatment/medication which fits all.

I have patients telling me how a drug is useless and not effective for them. But they have to take it because it’s in the freaking doctor’s order. Doctors have the final say right.

Please bear in mind that they are not GOD, they don’t know a lot of things too.

SO, I’m hoping, in future, patients will be a more active participator of their own healthcare. Knowledge = power.

Know that even as a patient, you have many rights.

Question the doctors and nurses of their rationales behind interventions. Challenge them.

But in a kind way please hehehehe. 

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Gotta prepare for later performances now…

加油加油。。。